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i@ il e. a alla SAMUEL TLES, 0F PASADENA, CALFORNIA, ASSGNOR T0 CROWN GAS RADIATOR CHIPNY, 0l` PASADENA, CALFORNA, A. PARTNERSHIP CONSISTING OF ARTHUR,

BETZ, E. FSl-FER, AND FMSELF.

GAS RADIATOR.

Application filed. December 3, 1921.

To all whom it may cof/acera:

Be it known that i, SAMUEL Torn a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Pasadena, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Gas Radiators, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification rllhis invention relates to gas radiators or heaters and has for its object to provide a sectional radiator of the general form and shape of a hot water or steam radiator but in which gas jets are used as the heating medium.

A special object is to secure improved circulation of the heatedv air in a radiator of this kind, whereby its heating efficiency is increased and less of the heat developed by the burner lost through the discharge vent. @ther objects will appear as the description proceeds.

rlhe invention will be iirst hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings, which constitute part of this specification, and then more specifically defined in the claims at the end of the description.

ln the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a radiator constructed substantially in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is a rear elevation of the radiator.

Figure i is a vertical section taken on the line lV-IV of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a vertical section taken on the line V-V of Figure 1, and

Figure 6 is a vertical section taken on the line irl- Vl of Figure 1.

The radiator may consist of two end sections 1 and 2, an intermediate vent section 3, and any desired number of filler sections i arranged between said end sections and vent section. All of the sections communicate with one another near the bottom through passages 5 and near the top through passages 6, said passages being formed by intertting collars 7 and 8, respectively. Between the passages 5 and 6, the sections of the radiator are spaced apart, as at 9 in Figs. l, 3 and t. Bolts 10 are passed through all Serial N0. 519,613.

of the sections near the top and bottom of the radiator for fastening said sections together, said bolts being preferably arranged in the passages 5 and 6.

The end sections 1 and 2 are made alike, each having legs 11 for supporting the radiator above the Hoor. As illustrated best m F 1g. 5, the end sections have transverse passages 12 formed therein through which air may freely pass from the ends ofthe radiator into the spaces 9 between'said end sections and the adjacent filler sections 4. is shown, there are four of these air passages 12 in each end section, two being arranged side by side about midway of the height of the section, while the other two are disposed side by side nearer the top of the section and invertical alignment respectively with the lower two. An inclined partition 13 extends from the top wall of the lower rear passage 12 to the bottom wall of the upper front passage 12, and an arched partition 1e joins the upper end walls of the two upper passages 12, preferably following the line of the upper edge of the passage 6. Another partition 15 of angular form extends fromthe bottom wall of the lower rear passage 12 to the rear wall of the section forming a moisture trap 16. The base of each end section also serves as a moisture trap 17. An air inlet opening 18 is formed in the inner wall of each end section and from said opening the air circulates in each of said sections as indicated by the arrows in Figs. 4i and 5.

A gas burner consisting of a pipe 19 eX- tends through the passages 5 and has a pair of openings 20 and 21 for iiame jets arranged centrally of each radiator section. A lighting opening 22 is provided in the outer end wall of the section 2 just above the burner pipe 19, said opening being normally closed by a swiveled cover plate 23 as shown in Figs. 2 and i. Said burner pipe entends through said outer end wall of the section 2 and terminates near the outer end wall of the end section 1, being supported on a. suitable lug l0 projecting inwardly from said latter wall. Outside of the radiator the burner pipe is fitted with the usual air mixer 41 and valve 4t2.

The jet openings 2O in the burner pipe are arranged centrally of the top thereof, while the jet openings 21 are arranged approximately e5 degrees in front of said openings 20, so that the jets ol flame from the openings 20 extend directly upwardly between the walls oli the two lower passages lf2, in the end and iiller sections, while the jets of llame from the openings 2l are directed below the walls ot' the front lower passages l2 in said sections. This arrangementl ot the jet openings in the burner pipe facilitates the circulation of the 'heated air on both sides of the walls of said front lower passage l2 in each section, as shown in Fig. 5. The air which passes upwardly between the walls of the two lower passages l2 in each ot the end and ii'ller sections is deilected to the front ot the walls ot the upper ifront passageA l2 by the inclined partitionl 13. so that the two currents ot' air rising at opposite sides of the walls of the lower front passage l2 are united above the same and together flow between the walls ot the front upper passage l2 and the iront wall ot' the section. The heated air then travels rearwardly over the arched 'partition la, then downwardly between the rear wall of the section and the walls oit the upper rear passage l2 and then upwardly above the inclined partition 13 and between the walls oitl the two-upper passages l2, i'inally escaping to the adjacent iiller section through the passage 6.

The filler sections l are constructed like the end sections l and 2, except that the legs ll are omitted, as well as the air inlet openings 18., The air enters said filler sections from the end sections and also from the vent section 3 through the passages 5, and circulates through said iiller sections in the same manner as already described in connection with the end sections. l

The intermediate vent section 3, as best illustrated in Fig. 6, has an air inlet opening :2ain its lower end and a long transverse air passage 25 arranged in line with the right hand upper and lower passages l2 ci' the end and filler sections, said passage 25 in the vent section extending :trom Ethe level of the top ot said upper passage l2 to near the level of the lower end ot' said lower passage l2. rlhe walls of said passage 25 merge at their lower ends into a transverse partition 2G extending above the burner pipe 19 to the rear wall ot the section. The upper ends ot the walls oi: the passage 25 merge into a curved partition 2T extending around the upper edge of the passages 6 leading from the adjacent iiller sections. it. vent opening 28 is formed in the rear wall ot the vent section about midway ot the vertical extent of the passage 25 and some distance above the transverse partition 9, so that said partition with the side walls oi the vent section, torni a moisture trap 29. Said vent opening 28 may be connected to a chimney by a suitable pipe, not shown, he air inlet opening 24 in the bottom of the vent section has walls extending some distance ripwardly on the inside of said section to ioim a moisture trap 30 around said walls,

From the rear wall oit' the vent section 7 tition l?, thus leaving a passage 32 between 7 said partitions 3l and 27 tor the downward circulation of air. The partition 3l, together with the rear and side walls of the section 3, forms another moisture trap 33. il downwardly extending vane or partition 34 is joined to the partition 3l 'arid termi nates about midway of the vertical extent of the ventopening 28.

The air which lenters the vent section through the opening 24;, after being heated by the iets oiu llame from the openings 20 and 2l in the burner pipe i9, is deflected by the transverse partition 26 and caused to pass upwardly in front of the wall oit passage llt the top of the vent section, the air passes rearwardly over the curved partition 27, then downwardly at the rear oit said curved partition, 'through the passage` 32 and continues downwardly in ffront oit the partitions 31 and Sland in the rear of the walls ot passage 25, finally passing rearwardly to the vent opening1 28 below the lower enc of said partition 3d. rllhe spent air from the other sections et the radiator enters the vent section through the passage G and joins the downward current ot air flowing tol the vent opening 2S between the partitions and'd4 and the walls of the passage 25.

lt will thus be seenthat with the arrangement ot the walls ot the transverse air plissages through the sections ot the radiator and the various partitions in said sections, as herein described, the heated air is caused to circulate thoroughly in each section be fore escaping through the the vent section. lt will be further noted that the arrangement of the jet openings 20 and 2l in the burner pipe is such as to insure the circulation ot' the air in the end and ller sections the tront lower transverse aii passagesl l2 so that practically all ot the radiatiiilg surj faces ot' said sections are heated with the result that the eiiiciency of the radiator is raised to the maximum degree.

l claim:

l. ln radiator, the combination with end. sections and a vent section arranged between said end sections, there being conimuniczfiting passages leading from said end i sections into said vent section near the upper ends thereof', ot a burner arranged lin and communicating with the interior of the lower end portion of each of said end and vent sections, said vent section having an vent opening in at both sides ot the walls et air inlet in its base portion and a vent opening in its side, and partitions in said vent section for causing the air to travel to its top from the inlet in its base before esca in@` through said vent o ening in itsv 19 'CD a,

side.

2. in a radiator of the character described, the combination with a vertical holl w body having an air outlet, of a burner below said outlet, a transverse partition extending from one .side of the body between the burner and outlet and terminating in spaced relation to the opposite side of said body, another transverse partition arranged above the outlet passage, a vertical partition extending from the end of the lower transverse partition, which is spaced from the side of the body, to the corresponding end of the upper transverse partition, and anotherl vertical partition arranged below the lower transverse partition and spaced therefrom for dividing the heated air into separate currents in the lower portion of the body, said air currents being combined above said last mentioned vertical partition by' the lower transverse partition and being directed upward at one side of the body and across the top thereof by the other partitions before reaching the outlet.

5. in a radiator of the character described, tlie combination with a vertical hollow body having an air outlet, of a burner below said outlet, a transverse partition eX-' tending from one side of the body between the burner and outlet and vterminating in spaced relation to the opposite side of the body, another transverse partition arranged above the outlet passage, a vertical partition extending from the end of the lower transverse partition, which is spaced from the side of the body, to the corresponding end of the upper transverse partition, an-

other vertical partition depending from they other end of the upper transverse partition, and still another vertical partition arranged below the lower transverse partition and spaced therefrom for dividing the heated air into separate currents in the lower portion of the body, said air currents being combined above said last Amentioned vertical partition by the lower transverse partition and being directed upward at one side ofthe body, across the top thereof and down the other side of the body by the other partitions before reaching the outlet li. ln a radiator of the character described, the combination with a vertical hollow body having two air inlets in the upper an i lower portions thereof respectively, and an air outlet arranged between said inlets, of a burner communicating withthe interior of the body and arranged below the outlet, and partitions in said body for causing the air from the lower inlet after being heated by the burner to pass up one side of the body, acrossA said body above the upper inlet and down the other side of the body before reaching the outlet, the air from the upper inlet and the downward current of air from the lower inlet passing downward through the center of the body to said outlet.

5. ln a radiator of the character described, the combination with a vertical hollow body having two air inlets in the upper and lower portions thereof respectively, and an air outlet arranged between said inlets,

vof a burner communicating with the interior of the body and arranged below the outlet, a. transverse partition between the burner and outlet for causing the air from the lower inlet after being heated by the burner to pass upward at one side of the body, a vertical partition extending upwardly from said transverse partition, and another transverse partition extending from the upper end of said vertical partition above the upper inlet, whereby the upward current of air from Jthe lower inlet is directed across the upper portion of the body and down the other side thereof before reaching the outlet. G. In a radiator of the character described, the combination with a vertical hollow body having two air inletsin the upper and lower portions thereof respectively, and an air outlet arranged between said inlets,

of a burner communicating with the interior of the body and arranged below the outlet, a

'transverse partition between the burner and outlet for causing the air from the lower inlet after being heated by the burner to pass upward at one side of the body, a vertical partition extending upwardly from said transverse partition, another transverse partition extending from the upper end of said vertical partition above the upper inlet, whereby the upward current of air from the lower inlet is directed across the upper portion of the body and down the other side thereof before reaching the outlet, another substantiall.v vertical partition spaced from the upper transverse partition and extending downward below the upper end of the outlet, and another transverse partition eX- tending from said last mentioned. vertical partition to the side of the body over the outlet, whereby the air from the upper inlet and the downwardcurrent of air from the low r inlet are caused to pass downwardly through the center of the body before reaching the outlet.

ln testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification.

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